Hmm. Maybe it would have been a good idea to have taken at least a glance at the map before closing her bag. She hadn’t really given it a second thought until now; she’d just wanted to get her stuff packed and ready to go. It wasn’t exactly easy to go anywhere, however, when you didn’t know where anything was.

Did that really matter too much, though? Maybe it would be to their benefit if they didn’t have a location to aim for set in stone. For a start, whilst she didn’t want to run around like a headless chicken, Bryony had a gut feeling that getting too attached to plans would only end in disaster. The longer this whole situation lasted, the more things would fall apart, and the easier it would be for your tightly wound strategy to unravel and scatter to the winds.

Maybe, too, if they spent a lot of time just wandering, walking the island until they tired themselves out, they would avoid the majority of unsavoury folks. They would go straight to any notable landmarks, right?

But then again, it would be a lot harder to actually meet any of her friends again, if they were intentionally avoiding anywhere that even looked like it would have groups in for as long as possible, and just wandering the island’s plains and fields.

Ugh. All this was doing was giving Bryony a headache. Maybe it would be for the best to put this all to one side for now and contemplate it when they had found somewhere to settle in.

“That, um, sounds fine to me,” Bryony said, nodding. She picked her bag up, now thankful she hadn’t been given anything particular heavy as a weapon, and slung it onto her back, just as a particularly strong sea breeze hit them, snaking its way through every small gap in Bryony’s clothing. She wrapped her arms around herself, shivering, and looked pleadingly at Alba.

“But, um, could we possibly try and find somewhere warm to go to?”

Somehow, a smile had crept onto her face as she spoke. Bryony tried to maintain it as she started walking. Smiles were going to be few and far between over the next few days. She needed to make the most of them whilst she could.

V7 BAYBEELyra Doyle-Let's live tonight like fireflies, and one by one light up the skyCurrent Thread: The Glorious Evolution - "Sorry, that was a little weird, wasn’t it?"Katie Agustien-If you wanna start a fight, you better throw the first punch, make it a good oneCurrent Thread: V for Vend-etta - "Fuck off. Are you kidding me?"

G034-Astrid Tate-So what became of loving man, and what became of you?Died in: End of the LineWeapon: Pickaxe

G006-Bryony Adams-Burning bright until the end, now you'll be missing from the photographsDied in: eternityboxCurrent Weapon: Deck of playing cards, broken easel leg.

Art and stuff!

Owen, Francis and Amy, all by MimiAmy Bachelor, by Violent-MedicOwen Kay, by Un-PersonaAmy Bachelor, by MimiAmy Bachelor, by TurtleTyrant

Nearing Death's Door

Stepney Cruz-I'm taking back the crown, I'm all dressed up and naked, I see what's mine and take itDean Puchero - By July you'd made a whole bunch of brand new friends, people you used to look down on, and you'd figured out a way to make real moneyGarren Mortimer - Now you can't get mad, I'm only getting started, I won't blackoutBoyd Adkinson - And the lights, they glow, like I just lost the world war, and the scene slips away to the evenness I fake

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Pippi Fontaine-I'll float on endlessly, senses eluding me, this long horizon to this open sea.Aurelien Valter-It's deep in their bones, they'll run into smoke when the fire is fierceJamie Mittelman-We will meet you where the lights are, the defenders, of the faith we areClover Crescent-Why would I waste another day whilst life just passes by?Ada Bentley-Save your cheers and my applause, I never was worth fighting forRichard Potter-But if I had one chance to freeze time, and stand still and soak in everything, I'd choose right nowKerry Gray-We'll finish what we started, so promise me that we'll be the LionheartedMarshall Nichols-Maybe that's how books get written, maybe that's why songs get sung, maybe we are the unlucky onesGregory "Greg" Gateshead-Built an empire of sound, as the bridges were falling downCandice Bailey-I feel I can fly, I'm on 678 cloud 9, and ain't nothin gonna stop mePatty English-We're all in the same boat, staying afloat for the momentOphelia Wright-If you're dreaming what I'm dreaming, close your eyes and feel at homeMarina-Cassandra Groß-And we will never be alone again, 'cause it doesn't happen every day

"bryony and alba would definitely join the terrorists quote me on this put this quote in signatures put it in history books" - Cicada Days, 2017